After the war between Russia and Ukraine, the speed of the Russian army's offensive was relatively average, but the performance of the Ukrainian army was poor, the defense was disjointed and full of loopholes, which was why Russia attacked the capital Kiev so quickly. In fact, there is a reason why the Ukrainian army has performed so poorly, because they liquidated former President Yanukovych and let the "Golden Eagle" special forces that carried out the order kneel down in public to apologize as "scapegoats", causing the military to be distracted. Now they are reusing the undisciplined Azov battalion, a black spot that Ukraine can't get around.
Frankly speaking, the Ukrainian troops were also considered to be the elite left over from the Soviet Union, strong in combat and respected by the people. But Ukraine was later influenced by the West, erupting into street political demonstrations that eventually turned violent. Burn cars, smash shops, and clog streets. The "Golden Eagle" soldiers who went to the mission suppressed the riots in accordance with the government's requirements, and in the process, bloodshed inevitably occurred. Pro-American factions have since come to power to liquidate former President Yanukovych and arrest him. The new government also let the "Golden Eagle" special forces come out as "scapegoats", and the members of the troops were forced by the government to kneel down and apologize in the form of a nationwide broadcast.
In 2014, the Ukrainian government ordered the disbandment of the Golden Eagle Special Forces, and for fear of being regarded as outcasts by the Ukrainian authorities, many members of the "Golden Eagle" force later defected to Russia and were accepted by the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs. The riots provoked by shameful politicians and oligarchs have caused chaos in Ukrainian society, and the Golden Eagle Special Forces have carried out the functions and powers entrusted by law. However, afterwards, the personnel of the Golden Eagle Special Forces bowed their heads to the citizens and bowed to the citizens to confess their guilt in the scapegoat, which was a great insult to the soldiers, and from this moment on, many Ukrainian armies had no military soul, lost the direction of fighting for whom, and their combat effectiveness was naturally greatly reduced. There is only one person like Ukraine that insults its own military.
Let the country's elite troops kneel down and force them away, and now that they have no combat power, the Ukrainian government reuses the Azov battalion. Ukraine is now a "paradise" for a large number of ultra-nationalists who carry out ruthless and indiscriminate attacks and retaliation against the Russian-speaking inhabitants of eastern Ukraine. The report released by the UN Human Rights Office makes it clear that the Aspeares committed war crimes in eastern Ukraine, including mass robbery, rape, illegal detention and torture. Even more speechless is the Azov battalion, which has committed such evils against civilians, which is affiliated with the Ukrainian security services.
It should be said that the Azov battalion still has combat effectiveness, because its will to fight is relatively strong. In a Ukrainian army full of deserters, the force was reused by the president at the time. Of course, for the Ukrainian government, it is a good thing to have such a combat-minded non-governmental militia as cannon fodder. Now, the soldiers of the "Azov Battalion" have smeared lard on their bullets to fight against Kadyrov's Chechen army, which has aroused public outrage.
Ukraine is not very wise to do so. For a country to be stable, it must have a strong and stable army. Ukraine threw away the well-respected "Golden Eagle" "like throwing away the garbage", but regarded the "Azov battalion" as a treasure, and I don't know how they understood the word "soldier".